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A powerful earthquake has struck Java in Indonesia, damaging several buildings on the west of the island. A powerful earthquake has struck the Indonesian island of Java.
Dozens of buildings collapsed in the city of Tasikmalaya injuring a number of people, according to one report. Dozens of buildings collapsed in the city of Tasikmalaya on the west of the island, injuring a number of people, according to one report.
The magnitude seven quake also damaged buildings in the university city of Bandung near the epicentre, but there were no reports of any deaths. The magnitude seven quake also damaged buildings in the university city of Bandung, near the epicentre.
In the capital Jakarta hundreds of people streamed from offices into the streets, according to agency reports. In the capital Jakarta about 120 miles (200km) north, hundreds of people fled offices and shopping centres into the streets, according to agency reports.
The US Geological Survey lowered its magnitude reading from 7.4 to 7.0 and local tsunami warnings were withdrawn. Landslide
"The building first shook for about 10 seconds then stopped but then it continued again," one witness in Jakarta said. "It was very scary. The floor was swaying and I heard loud sounds from the upper floor, like something was going to collapse," one witness in Jakarta said.
And in Bandung another eyewitness told reporters: "We were all studying and the building we were in started shaking for a few minutes and the ceiling fell." "People were screaming and I quickly took off my high heels and ran as fast as I could to get out of the mall."
In Tasikmalaya the mayor's home and a mosque were among the properties reportedly damaged. "The building first shook for about 10 seconds then stopped but then it continued again, another said.
And in Bandung an eyewitness told reporters: "We were all studying and the building we were in started shaking for a few minutes and the ceiling fell."
In Tasikmalaya, the mayor's home and a mosque were among the properties reportedly damaged.
A woman was killed when a landslide crushed her inside her car, according to one unconfirmed report from the AFP news agency.
The US Geological Survey lowered its magnitude reading from 7.4 to 7.0 and local tsunami warnings issued soon after the quake were later withdrawn.
In December 2004, an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people around Asia.
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